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Weekly column: The Specter-Leahy bill's Net crackdown [fs]
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 04:38:24 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Date: July 4, 2005 11:11:01 PM EDT To: politech () politechbot comSubject: [Politech] Weekly column: The Specter-Leahy bill's Net crackdown [fs]
http://news.com.com/The+coming+Web+security+woes/ 2010-1071_3-5772012.html
The coming Web security woes July 4, 2005, 6:00 AM PT By Declan McCullaghOur esteemed leaders in the U.S. Congress are vowing to enact new laws targeting data thieves, backup-tape burglars and other information-age miscreants.
We should be worried.Any reasonable person, of course, should agree that such thefts must be punished and data warehouses should let us know if our information falls into the hands of criminals.
But a bill announced last week by Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., goes far beyond reasonable data security precautions. It amounts to a crackdown on individuals, bloggers and legitimate e-mail list moderators.
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